Rodents, both real and fictional, can be quite celebrated or shocking depending on your tolerance for these four-legged, fuzzy varmints capable of making both women and men eek out loud while searching for the tallest chair to climb on for safety. Still, in cinema regardless of acceptance or fear the variety of mice, rats, gophers,…

Addiction is an ugly condition of the human psyche. As individuals we all have our forbidden vices that get the best of us as psychological barriers. Addictions vary but one of cinema’s most consistent depictions involves the bottle. Yes, alcoholism is among the top reigning addictive subject matters that have been explored on the big…

The movies enthusiastically embrace the cinema oddballs for our entertaining (and curious) purposes. Film freaks have always been the weird wonderment of big screen scrutiny and sometimes celebration. Who in this lifetime has not felt like an outsider at one time or another? The definition of being freaky can cover any spectrum or degree of…

Sex hustlers in the cinema. The world’s oldest profession on the big screen has never been more titillating or scandalous than the selections we have listed in the Top 10 Movie Prostitutes. Okay . . . perhaps there are other provocative choices that could also be featured so prominently in this column documenting the salacious…

Love and the law. Both components have their measures of boundaries, rules and expectations. Of course when both cross paths in a dubious manner then watch out because it certainly is not pretty. The ruination of love can be fatal but breaking the law while in love can make for a dangerous dichotomy. In Top…

We need the baddies in our movie-viewing pleasure to spice up the proceedings on the big screen. By the same token we do not mind seeing these law violators get their comeuppance either — at least the ones that were actually guilty of their dirty deeds against the law. Thus, Top 10 Movie Convicts looks…

Order in the court! The legalized atmosphere in the world of cinema can be as compelling as it is comical. The courtroom shenanigans on the big screen — no matter how serious or silly — always has its requisite overseer to control the proceedings: The judge! Hence, we will take a look at the gravel-banging…